{"id":40402,"date":"2025-06-19T11:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/sempe-and-the-genius-of-almost-nothing\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:15:20","slug":"sempe-and-the-genius-of-almost-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/en\/selections-en\/sempe-and-the-genius-of-almost-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Semp\u00e9 and the genius of almost nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You may have had the chance to admire the works of Jean-Jacques Semp\u00e9 projected onto the walls and facades of Geneva (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.societe-de-lecture.ch\/la-societe-de-lecture\/un-printemps-avec-sempe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Un printemps avec Semp\u00e9<\/em><\/a>exhibition organized by the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de Lecture de Gen\u00e8ve)? On a pandemic night, to be offered a glimmer of light in the surrounding darkness &#8211; wasn&#8217;t that the sign of a world soon to be regained? <\/p>\n\n<p>Referring to the album by cartoonist <em><a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma991021087381902852&amp;context=L&amp;vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;lang=fr&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Everything&amp;query=any,contains,991023407505402851&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Semp\u00e9 in New York<\/a><\/em>Marc Lecarpentier speaks of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/fr\/item\/2051908\/data_euscreenXL_ina_4071629001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genius of almost nothing<\/a>\u201d. Semp\u00e9 \u201cknew how to convey the reality of a character&#8217;s thoughts with absolute detail&#8230;\u201d . Everyone, young or old, remembers the delicate, tender drawings of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003905149702852&amp;context=L&amp;vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;lang=fr&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Everything&amp;query=any,contains,991018447879702851&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Petit Nicolas<\/a><\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Born in 1932 in Pessac near Bordeaux, Semp\u00e9 had a difficult childhood. \u201cI had a very unfunny childhood. That&#8217;s probably why I liked happy things\u201d (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma991014027259702852&amp;context=L&amp;vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;lang=fr&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Everything&amp;query=any,contains,991006208999702851&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Childhood<\/a><\/em>). He began drawing at the age of 12, observational but always humorous. After a rather poor schooling, he found a job as a delivery boy for a wine broker. His drawings were first published in the early 1950s in <em>Sud Ouest <\/em>under the pseudonym DRO<em>.<\/em> Dismissed from his delivery job for his absent-mindedness, he joined the army in Paris. On leave, he submitted his drawings to editorial offices. It was in the Belgian newspaper <em>Le Moustique<\/em> that the adventure of Petit Nicolas began. His meeting with Ren\u00e9 Goscinny, who worked on the same paper, gave birth to the <a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma991021432192202852&amp;context=L&amp;vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;lang=fr&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Everything&amp;query=any,contains,991023463135602851&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <em>Petit Nicolas<\/em> comic strip<\/a> in 1955. Spotted by Deno\u00ebl, the two published the first edition of the famous <em>Petit Nicolas<\/em> adventures in 1960.        <\/p>\n\n<p>In 1962, his first collection of drawings was published under the title <em>Rien n&#8217;est simple<\/em>, followed by a number of albums &#8211; including his most recent, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma991021400895502852&amp;context=L&amp;vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;lang=fr&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Everything&amp;query=any,contains,991023726431702851&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Garder le cap<\/a><\/em> &#8211; reflecting his tenderly ironic vision of our shortcomings.<\/p>\n\n<p>Semp\u00e9&#8217;s long career included many collaborations, notably with <em>Paris-Match<\/em>, <em>L&#8217;Express<\/em>, <em>Le Nouvel<\/em> Observateur and <em>T\u00e9l\u00e9rama<\/em>. But it was in 1978 that he saw his dream come true: The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma991021408697802852&amp;context=L&amp;vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;lang=fr&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=Everything&amp;query=any,contains,991023552429502851&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Yorker<\/a><\/em> granted him the first of the 109 covers he has designed since (RTS Culture <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.ch\/info\/culture\/livres\/8253280-age-de-84-ans-sempe-met-fin-a-sa-collaboration-avec-le-new-yorker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">At the age of 84, Semp\u00e9 ended his collaboration with The New Yorker.<\/a><\/em>.) <\/p>\n\n<p>Despite his impressive talent, the cartoonist keeps saying that he would have &#8220;preferred to be a pianist&#8221;, like his idol Duke Ellington. &#8220;But I didn&#8217;t have the opportunity to study music, so it was better for me to draw. His favorite is his 1979 album <em>Les Musiciens<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n<p>So subtle that he prefers to remain unnoticed in the street, in life: the better to listen, the better to observe. Otherwise, some of the human comedy he brings to life in his drawings might escape him. He would no longer be free. &#8211; And what is the secret of humor,&#8221; he concludes, &#8220;if not freedom&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriptorium.ch\/page\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Scriptorium<\/a> <em>L&#8217;Illustr\u00e9, Swiss magazine<\/em> 06\/01\/1966).<\/p>\n\n<p>With the pandemic dragging on and on, Semp\u00e9&#8217;s benevolent humor gives us a great deal of freedom! Join us at the entrance to the Agora on the Riponne site to immerse yourself in <a href=\"https:\/\/renouvaud1.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?query=any,contains,%22ripfenetre%202119%22&amp;tab=Everything&amp;search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&amp;vid=41BCULAUSA_LIB:VU2&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the world of<\/a> this genius cartoonist (May 11 to June 8, 2021). <\/p>\n\n<p>Catherine, Riponne site<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Thanks to Jean-Jacques Semp\u00e9 and Galerie Martine Gossieaux, 56, rue de l&#8217;Universit\u00e9, Paris 7e.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galeriemartinegossieaux.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.galeriemartinegossieaux.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have had the chance to admire the works of Jean-Jacques Semp\u00e9 projected onto the walls and facades of Geneva (Un printemps avec Semp\u00e9exhibition organized by the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de Lecture de Gen\u00e8ve)? 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